Furthermore, they were characterized by low voter participation.

However, their level of participation remains low overall.

The Female Labour Force Participation while still quite low, is increasing.

The percentage of women's participation, however, is particularly low in higher ranks.

Much had been done to remedy the low participation of women in political bodies.

The low level of women's participation in political and public life was particularly disappointing.

There is some evidence of relatively low participation in routine breast cancer screening among women of Turkish and Moroccan origin and of relatively low participation in routine cervical cancer screening among women of Moroccan and Antillean origin.

The scarce participation of women in salaried work is also explained due to low levels of education, which limits their participation in formal jobs.

However, it has been realized that male participation in family planning is still very low.

Ms. Popescu said that the participation by Gambian women in political life was particularly low.

In 2008, India s female labor force participation rate averaged 35 , while low income countries averaged 58 .

A number of factors may be responsible for the relatively low female labour force participation rate.

Participation in the European elections is threatening to be low because of disillusionment with the economic union.

However, women's participation in the peace and security, decision making processes and agreement negotiations is very low.

Labor force participation will be key to shaping this environment. As it stands, the low official unemployment rate can be explained partly by declining participation rates, especially among workers aged 25 54.

Ms. Yesildaglar (Turkey) acknowledged that the current rate of female participation in the labour force, 26.6 per cent, was very low.

Equestrianism, sailing, cycling, and swimming, for example, are far more expensive than running, and this reduces the participation of low income countries.

The participation of women in political life and their representation in it, however, continue to be at too low of a level.

This is expected to increase the labour force participation of single parents and reduce the depth of low income among single parent families.

It is also essential to change existing behaviours and practices, especially in countries with low quality services, through active community involvement and participation.

The participation rates for women in political life were so low that there clearly seemed to be at least indirect discrimination against women.

She was surprised at the low rate of participation of women in political life and challenged the assertion that women had little political awareness.

Two main factors influence the extent of poverty among Arabs in Israel large families and low income, which is a function of high unemployment rates low wages and a high proportion of single breadwinner families due in part to the low participation of Arab women in the labor force.13

Participation of women in the labour force 30 per cent in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 39 per cent in Republika Srpska is low.

The low participation of women in employment is related both to restricted opportunities of part time employment and to conditions of small differentiation in salary levels.

Apart from marriage and baptism ceremonies, where they play a relatively important role, the low participation rate of women in cultural activities in general must be deplored.

Such participation in the labour intensive segment of international production networks can help countries to increase employment and per capita income even when value added generated is low.

It is worth noting that no woman serves as an Ambassador, while women's participation in the positions of Minister Plenipotentiary of Α and Β ranks is very low.

The proportion of such enterprises that have been clearly recognized as complying with predetermined criteria of environmental good practice, such as participation in ecolabels programmes, is very low.

With regard to women's participation in political and public life, she recognized that the number of women candidates was very low for all political parties, for various reasons.

First, they were trapped in a vicious circle of low income, low savings and low investment, leading to low productivity and low growth.

There are many barriers to their participation family, low schooling, traditions, and lack of consistent policies aimed at encouraging women to ascend and or occupy senior or leadership positions.

As market size has been constricted and intraregional integration has faced obstacles, economic growth rates have remained low and obstacles and barriers to participation in the multilateral trading system remain.

Despite efforts led by Crown Prince Abdullah to urge participation, voter registration is low, which suits the government well, as high turnout could lead to the development of an electoral culture.

Therefore, prices could be low but not abnormally low.

The poor are caught in a complex poverty trap in which low income leads to low consumption, which in turn results in low capacity and low productivity.

We must also think ahead especially in regard to low income countries in Africa. Because of their limited participation in international financial markets, these countries have, so far, been somewhat shielded from the storm.

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Low inflation resulted from a combination of cheap supply and low demand.

(d) Screen current portfolios and phase out low volume, low margin activities.